Aspidistra nikolaii
Encyclopedia
Aspidistra nikolaii is a species
of Aspidistra
plant that was one of the new 21 species of plants and animals recently discovered in the Annamite Range
of central Vietnam
. It was named after a late Russian botanist named Nicolai Arnautov. It has a dark blue flower that is almost black.
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
of Aspidistra
Aspidistra
Aspidistra is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Nolinoideae, native to Asia, common worldwide as house plants.-Ecology and diversity:...
plant that was one of the new 21 species of plants and animals recently discovered in the Annamite Range
Annamite Range
The Annamite Range or the Annamese Mountains is a mountain range of eastern Indochina, which extends approximately through Laos, Vietnam, and a small area in northeast Cambodia. It is known in Vietnamese as Dãy Trường Sơn, in Lao as Xai Phou Luang , and in French as the Chaîne Annamitique...
of central Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
. It was named after a late Russian botanist named Nicolai Arnautov. It has a dark blue flower that is almost black.